Steven Wells

Steven Wells, who died on Wednesday 24 June 2009, was a columnist for the NME, FourFourTwo, Philadelphia Weekly and guardian.co.uk. He was renowned for his irreverent, acerbic wit and prolific use of expletives

Metallica headline the Download festival this weekend, playing their classic Black album in its entirety – and to mark the occasion, here's a classic interview with James Hetfield by
Steven Wells, taken from Rock's Backpages, the world's leading archive of vintage music journalism

The final instalment in our week-long series of previously unpublished Swells blogs is a particularly moving one. After having his Jonas Brothers pitch accepted, Swells was determined to honour his commitment and wrote one final missive from his hospital bed …